Access to diagnostic tests and essential medicines for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes care: cost, availability and affordability in the West Region of Cameroon.

Access to diagnostic tests and essential medicines for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes care: cost, availability and affordability in the West Region of Cameroon.

To assess the availability and affordability of medicines and routine tests for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes in the West region of Cameroon, a low-income setting.A survey was conducted on the availability and cost of twelve routine tests and twenty medicines for CVD and diabetes in eigh...

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Main Authors:	Ahmadou M Jingi, Jean Jacques N Noubiap, Arnold Ewane Onana, Jobert Richie N Nansseu, Binhuan Wang, Samuel Kingue, André Pascal Kengne
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:	PLoS ONE
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4219782?pdf=render

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